126THE EPISTLES OF PAULProfessorSmith'skindredthesis of-lends thefactsIgnatius, who, with an exaggeration hardly excusedby the fact that he is addressing members of theEphesian Church, informs us that the Ephesiansare mentioned "in every letter" by Paul. Thosewho desire ample proof that Ignatius was wellacquainted with Paul's Epistles cannot do betterthan refer to a work, drawn up and published in1905 by members of the Oxford Society of HistoricalTheology, entitled The New Testament in the ApostolicFathers. In this the New Testament originals andthe citations are arranged in parallel columns in theorder of their convincingness. At a still earlier date—say a.d. 95—Clement ofEome cites the Paulines. As Professor W. B. Smithmakes Herculean efforts to show that he did not, Iventure to set before my readers a passage—chap.XXXV, 5, 6 of his Epistle face to face with Eomans i,29-32—so that they may judge for themselves. Iprint identical words in leaded type :— 1 Clement. &Troppiyl/avT€$ d(p^ eaurwv tt a tr a pdd t Kiav Kai dvofitav, Tr\e o v e-^lav, ^pets, KaK ori 6 eias re/cat 5 6\ovs ^p id V pitr fioO s reKal K ar a\aXias, 6 g offr v-ylav, VT e ptj (pav i av re KaldXa ^ove laif, Kevodo^iav re Kald^tXo^eviav. Tavra ydp ol wpdff(Fovtes(TTvyrjrol rtfJ Oeip htrdpxovaiv' oifi6vov Si oi T pd(y<r ov T es air d,dXXd Kal ol (rvvev8oKOVPT€SauTois. Romans. TreTrXTjpw^ivovs TrdcTj ddi k la,IT ovqplq., irKeove^lq., KaKlq., /xea-Tois (pBdvov, (pdvou, ^ p Ld os, 3 6-\ov, KaKotjB e las, \p ^Svpicr-T as, Kar a XdXovs, 6 Goar v-yels, {i^piards, vireprjipdvovs,d\a^6v as, i(peupeTds KaKwv,yoveO(nv dweLdets, davv^Tovs, daw-d^Tovs, dardpyovs, dve\eT}fj.6vas,olrives rb d(.Kaiojfj.a tov Beov iirty-v6vTes, Hti to. r oiavr a wpdtr-a ovre s d^toi davdrov elalv, o vfi6vov aVTCL TTOLoOaLV, ctXXdKal (7vvevSoKov(Tt. rois ttpdff-(TOVff I.The dependence of Clement's Epistle on that of Paul'sLetter to the Eomans is equally visible if the Englishrenderings of them be compared, as follows :—